Francia Raisa Talks Working With Hilary Duff On ‘How I Met Your Father’ – Hollywood Life

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Francia Raisa has graduated from enjoying (and typically, really feel like) a teen and stepped into her huge woman footwear, with just a little assist from her How I Met Your Father co-stars! “Up till this present, I used to be nonetheless enjoying a young person. I used to be enjoying 10 years youthful than myself, and one of many issues that I spotted throughout quarantine is that I had been rising up in my occupation, in my private life. I’ve been getting older, however in my skilled life, I used to be staying stagnant in the identical age vary,” she defined to HollywoodLife in an EXCLUSIVE interview. “I realized throughout quarantine, after I really bought to dwell my life in my 30s and I wasn’t going to set with a bunch of folks that had been 10 years youthful than me, that I used to be very immature, and I actually shortly wanted to develop up.” 

Francia revealed to HL that when she bought to the set of the How I Met Your Mom spin-off, she lastly felt “free in [her] personal pores and skin.” “We’re all sort of in the identical place professionally, mentally, internally, and I actually wished to get there with my forged mates as a result of I felt like I wasn’t there but,” she mentioned. “I went by way of a very loopy journey, and I’ve been very open about it with Hilary [Duff] and the remainder of the forged about it, like, ‘Please be affected person with me!’ Regardless that I’m in my 30s, it is a entire new world to me that I didn’t know that I used to be lacking.” 

She went on to say that the forged, which incorporates Chris Lowell and Kim Cattrall, merely “respects one another,” which made the job much more enjoyable. “We respect one another’s crafts, and we’re all there to do an awesome job. All of us care in regards to the present equally,” Francia mentioned. “It’s only a completely different professionalism that I’m experiencing in an grownup world. Like with Hilary, particularly, she has been so gracious with me… she’s serving to me develop up just a little bit.”

“I turned 34 in July and I wish to marinate in it and recognize it and and have enjoyable with it for so long as I can. I really feel like I’m simply beginning to dwell my life. And so it’s very thrilling to see the place can go from right here,” Francia continued.

As for the upcoming, extremely anticipated season 2 of How I Met Your Father, Francia teased that the “scripts are hilarious.” “They’re actually going there. We’ve got some actually, actually wonderful visitor stars that I can’t look ahead to y’all to see,” the actress mentioned. She joked that she “got here in to season 2 tremendous assured, however then [she] bought the script.” “It was like I forgot the right way to act! However, the minute I learn with Hilary, and I heard her voice and was like, ‘Okay, I bought this once more.’”

Francia spoke to HollywoodLife in partnership with Ketel One Botanicals, which is her go-to for straightforward and scrumptious cocktail making! “I really like having a cocktail, and it’s so gentle and really easy to make one. I simply must put in just a little soda water and garnish in a wine glass and it seems fancy!” She gushed. “My favourite are the canned ons — they’re so good!”